Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Pali sambhava (birth; semen; sperm) or from Sanskrit सम्भव (sambhava, birth; existence; sexual intercourse; union) or संभव (saṃbhava, birth; possibility); perhaps via Old Khmer saṃbhabva (birth). Cognate with Modern Khmer សម្ភព (sɑmphup).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสมภพ
s m bʰ b
Phonemic
สม-พบ
s m – b ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonsǒm-póp
Royal Institutesom-phop
(standard) IPA(key)/som˩˩˦.pʰop̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

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สมภพ (sǒm-póp)

  1. (of a royal person) (พระบรมราช~, พระราช~) birth.

Derived terms

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Verb

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สมภพ (sǒm-póp) (abstract noun การสมภพ)

  1. (of a royal person) to be born; to be delivered.